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By Lorri Freifeld Attendees of Training magazine’s recent Online Learning Conference were singing the blues—but in a good way. The conference, held September 17-19 at McCormick Place in Chicago, kicked off with a special event at Chicago blues landmark Buddy Guy’s Legends, owned by Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and five-time Grammy Award-winning bluesman Buddy Guy. Attendees swayed to the beat of Brother John (former Buddy Guy keyboardist) and his band.

Excerpt from “What It Takes: Seven Secrets of Success from the World’s Greatest Professional Firms,” by Charles D. Ellis (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013).

By Beth N. Carvin, President and CEO, and Kerrie Main, Communications Director, Nobscot Corporation

By David McNally Recently, my team and I team participated in a discussion with a client as we designed a leadership development program that we would be facilitating for 50 of its leaders. The audience would be a combination of experienced leaders and those newly appointed to a leadership position.

By Terence Brake, Head of Learning & Innovation, TMA World

By Barbara Randi, Training Account Manager, Signature Worldwide I took out my long-used, dog-eared Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary today to help me define the term, “thank you.” It yielded: “a polite expression of one’s gratitude.” Wanting to keep up with the times, I checked out Wikipedia, as well, which said, “an expression of gratitude.” The years seem not to have affected how the term is defined.

Edited by Margery Weinstein

By Bruce Hodes, Founder, CMI Climb Mount Rainier. Organize an expedition to the North Pole. Build a house for Haitian refugees living in New Orleans. Have a big adventure.

If everyone possessed the same personality characteristics, the life of a salesperson would be much easier. Sales representatives often fail to understand the uniqueness of each buyer. In his book, “Playing to Win,” author Allen Guy discusses the various interactions differing personalities have with one another. Here is an excerpt from Guy’s book that helps educate both veterans and beginners who want to broaden their success in sales. By Allen Guy

By Laura Stack, MBA, CSP Small presentations in cozy venues can be effective, but presentations in larger rooms with hundreds of people require a much different audiovisual setup. The audiovisual requirements for audiences of five, 50, and 500 people are very different.